No famous person born in Hérange is listed yet
Saverne, 9 mi away, has 29 on its list, the best known Adrien Zeller. 162 of the towns in Moselle list at least one person. No town in Moselle lists more than Metz, with 434. After Metz, the next longest list in Moselle is Thionville’s, with 103.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Hérange (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hérange yet.
Famous people born near Hérange
Saverne leads the towns around it, with 29 names.
Questions about famous people from Hérange
Who counts as from Hérange?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hérange itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Adrien Zeller: see Image:Adrien Zeller.jpg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Mangin: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Mouton: Ary Scheffer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Wittmann: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kahn: Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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